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ABOUT CLARA BLUME

Musical sophistication, refined lyrics and an unforgettable voice: Clara Blume lives expression – in her songwriting as well as her stunning live performances. Her fiery temperament she owes to her mother's Spanish roots, her mysterious aura to the Dutch-Indonesian origins of her father.

For the past ten years Clara has been writing her own songs and performing on stage with a variety of renowned musicians from all over the world. Her experiences and collaborations culminated in her critically acclaimed and award nominated Debut Album “Here Comes Everything”.

While promoting her music, Clara appeared several times on national television and was invited to tour through Europe and the U.S. She moved to Berkeley (CA) at the beginning of this year. Her second record, produced by Austrian Star Producer Alexander Nefzger, will be released in the course of 2018.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born and raised in Vienna (Austria), Clara enjoyed a very musical childhood. The piano first came into her life at the age of 6, alongside the need to find her own language of expression. Soon she has writing her own songs and performing on stage. Still, she felt trapped in her hometown and a sense of wanderlust drove her into the noisy metropolis vortex of Spain’s capital. Clara’s five year stay in Madrid was a decisive turning point in her life: she studied Fine Arts at the renowned Madrid Academy of Arts, waited tables during the night at smoky Jazz-Clubs and rocked out in Punk-Bands where the major players in town soon noticed her talent: as a result The Proud was founded – an ambitious indie rock project with Spain's top producer Pablo Cebrian and star musicians from New York and Buenos Aires. A first taste of Clara’s musical versatility was to be heard in 2012 on the bands first EP "all smoke and echoes". The long years in Madrid brought with them influences and experiences that accompany Clara to this date in her music.

After returning to Vienna, Clara felt that it was especially hard to enter the local music scene due to a lack of live-venues. Together with her two brothers Georg and Philipp Blume and a group of like-minded friends she founded The Singer Songwriter Circus – a touring live music show that promotes young Songwriters together with well established acts to a broad audience on a monthly basis. For the past six years Clara has been a dedicated ambassador for local artists. She and her Circus have been touring the country, presenting over 350 acts, promoting a network of solidarity and raising awareness for the now flourishing local music scene. After her studies of Fine Arts and Jazz, Clara also began to pursue her love for literature and history. After completing her M.A. in Comparative Literature at the University of Vienna, she started writing her dissertation on the German Intervention in the Spanish Civil War. She obtained her Ph.D. in History and Romance Studies with honours in 2017. Clara repeatedly emphasises that her studies of both literature and history are a constant source of inspiration and greatly influence her songwriting.

HERE COMES EVERYTHING

Clara’s goal is to unite pop music with interesting stories and to find new unconventional paths of expression. She calls her musical style “Avantgarde Pop" which is characterized by a blend of pop-rock, indie and jazz elements and combines her high artistic standards with catchy melodies. Far from a one-trick-pony, Clara has confidently named her Debut Album “Here Comes Everything” – inspired by the mantra at the heart of James Joyce's epic dream novel Finnegans Wake. Ladies and gentlemen, here comes everything! Different stories and facets of a rich artistic personality that no matter how varying are always relatable. Through these songs we witness shocking, intimate and vulnerable sides that the artist shares with bold frankness. Her Everything, that she has collected over the years and artfully weaved together.

Who would be better suited to bring out the many different nuances in Clara's songs than her own brother Georg Blume? As successful managing director of audio/film studio Dockyard, Georg is also the proud producer of his sister’s debut album. He was able to capture the essence of Clara’s songs: her expressive timbre that playfully changes between blaring highs and velvety depths, and her piano, which has accompanied her since early childhood. These two elements which constitute Clara's "sound", he then skilfully arranged with tasteful orchestral sounds, emphasising the lyrical and classical side of the songs, and mixed them together with elaborate contemporary drum beats and synthesizers. Over 25 musicians played on the record - from taiko drummers to orchestral players – all of them were lovingly woven together by Georg whose sense of style and attention to detail have given birth to an unforgettable tapestry of sound. For the Blume siblings Pop is to be understood as a powerful, emotional vehicle that makes art accessible to as many people as possible. Georg succeeded in producing a record that combines classical and symphonic film music with modern pop production – a truly avant-garde Pop Album.

HERE COMES EVERYTHING

ALBUM CREDITS

All songs written and composed by Clara Blume Music arranged and produced by Georg Blume

Recorded at dockyard sound studioRecording and editing by Georg Blume at dockyard sound studioPianos recorded at C-Arts Studio and dockyard sound studio

I flew up high and fell back down but nothing bothers meI flew up high and fell back down again, and again, and again

C H O R U SI am a piece of gold, I am a piece of bold tooI am a piece of you and Here Comes Everything, Comes

Everyone, two, three, count all of meFor you will only see the parts you mean to seeOne two three count all there is to me

C H O R U SI am a piece of gold, I am a piece of bold tooI am a piece of You and Here Comes Everything, Comes Every II am a piece of wrong, I am a piece of real tooI am a piece of you and Here Comes Everything, Comes Everything, Comes Everything

U N R E A L

You only live in stories of our past I knew you but the memory’s fading fastTo get you was what I adored the mostHow can one turn in life into a ghostBut what’s done, is doneCause you’ve become

C H O R U SUnreal to meThat’s all you’ll ever beThe one that I once knew is now long gone

I meet your eyes and stare into a voidA cold black horror fills me up insideSo I weep and runCause you’ve become

C H O R U SUnreal to meThat’s all you’ll ever beThe one that I once knew is now long gone

Unreal to me That’s all you’ll ever beYou’re nothing but a shadow losing form

But what’s done is done, Cause you’ve become

C H O R U SUnreal to meThat’s all you’ll ever

H O L D O N

How do you see me with different eyesWhen I’m lying on the floor wastedMy miserable, tiny selfThat screams, and weeps and whines

How do you love me like no one else does?When I cannot stand myself most of the timeThough I try to be different You’re the one that makes it right So please

C H O R U SWould you hold on to my heart, Though it sometimes gets lost in the dark Would you hold on to my heart, Though sometimes it gets lost, it gets lost, in the dark

How do you read my between the lines?When I’m blubbering only nonsense Though I’m hardly ever right, but you still listen How could you be all in one, and I feel like a fragment? And you’re the one that makes me wholeSo please

C H O R U SWould you hold on to my heart, Though it sometimes gets lost in the dark Would you hold on to my heart, Though sometimes it gets lost, it gets lost, in the dark

Would you hold on to me?

L O V E & S T A R V E

I coughed my heart out Years of salty sweat in plain drought Like a stray dog waiting for his rain cloud to arrive …

I barked and I bitDon’t you know the reason I quitIs rather than be seen as unfit, I’d move on …

Love and starve or live in sorrow Love and starve or live in sorrow Love and starve, I’d rather Love and starve than live in sorrow Love and starve or live in sorrow Love and starve, love and starve

C H O R U SAt the edge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I said Take my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, and jump down theEdge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I said Take my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, and jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump down Into a Brave New World

Love and starve or live in sorrow Love and starve or live in sorrow Love and starve, I’d rather Love and starve than live in sorrow Love and starve or live in sorrow Love and starve, love and starve

C H O R U SAt the edge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I saidTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, and jump down theEdge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I saidTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, and jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump down Into a Brave New World

C H O R U SAt the edge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I saidTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, and jump down theEdge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I saidTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear…

We’re at the edge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I saidTake my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, and jump down theEdge of the worldFeeling all fear implode, and I said Take my hand, don’t fear, just jump with meTake my hand, don’t fear, no …

I comprehend that the choices that I took back then Led me to be where I am Hoping all I’ve lived and learned would carry me back home

C H O R U STo you, you, you, you, you For all times loverYou, you, you, you, you You’re the one I really wantYou, you, you, you, you For all times loverYou, you, you, you …

Now I’m standing at the edge Between caviar with silver spoons and chill-out in the afternoonsOr press my face against this dirty glass to find some rest So if I drive to you, Would you open up or slam the doorBe insecure or know for sure, Hoping hope is all I need to carry me back home

C H O R U STo you, you, you, you, you For all times loverYou, you, you, you, you You’re the one I really wantYou, you, you, you, you For all times loverYou, you, you, you …

Cause everything else is so randomMen that I’ve thrown out like clothing I’ve worn outNothing is too essential for meEveryone’s randomPlaces like faces with some colour changesBut everything’s random, everyone’s randomYeah, everyone’s random but you